Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD at this year's Metalcamp festival, which was held on July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. Watch the chat below. In a recent interview with ChartAttack.com, Campbell was asked how he finds balancing large arenas while touring with ...

ARCH ENEMY/CARCASS guitarist Michael Amott has parted ways with Randall Amplifiers/U.S. Music Corp. The partnership lasted almost three years and included a line of successful "Ninja V2 - Inspired and designed by Michael Amott" series of V2 amps, cabs and practice amps. These products will now be discontinued. Commented Amott: "I appreciate what Randall did ...

STONE SOUR is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in January to begin recording its third album for a mid-2010 release via Roadrunner Records. Drummer Roy Mayorga says, "It's been quite some time since we all got in a room together so, we're all looking forward to get down and jam starting December for two ...

Canadian syndicated radio show "Metal7080" (web site) conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford earlier today (Monday, November 30). During the 21-minute chat, Rob talked about the "Winter Songs" holiday album from HALFORD and his Metal God Apparel clothing line, among other topics. When asked if he has been in contact ...

The producers of Rocklahoma announced today that they will be teaming with the world's largest producer of music festivals, AEG Live, to revamp the rock festival in 2010. The management team that created the critically-acclaimed rock festival in Northeast Oklahoma in 2007 has brought on board one of the most respected festival producers and promoters ...

MetalNews.pl recently conducted an interview with DIMMU BORGIR/ex-VADER drummer Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalNews.pl: There were a lot of rumours about your joining DIMMU BORGIR a long time before band's official statement. Why actually DIMMU BORGIR and what was the background of this? Daray: It ...

Frank Hannon (TESLA), Jeff Keith (TESLA), Brian Wheat (TESLA) and Jeff Watson (NIGHT RANGER) are among the musicians who will take part in Pat Martin's All-Star Jam to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. On Saturday, December 19, at 8:00 p.m., Pat Martin and tons of "all-stars" are taking over The Boardwalk's stage in Orangevale, ...

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen will release a new album called "High Impact" on December 8 (one day earlier internationally). The set is described as "a mind-boggling, high-paced compilation record" featuring a "surprise" bonus track — Yngwie's never-before-released interpretation of the MICHAEL JACKSON mega-hit classic "Beat It", which contains Malmsteen's own magical touch and ex-JUDAS ...

MR. BIG and D-A-D are among the artists who were interviewed for the November 2009 show from TVRoxx, a new Internet TV station for hard rock and heavy metal based in Germany. Watch the entire program at this location. A teaser for the MR. BIG interview can be viewed below. Frontiers Records released ...